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August 31, 2017 Commentary

Why Clinging to Cluster Munitions is Fatal to Public Acceptance

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August 30, 2017 Statement

Statement by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, Germany’s Informal Event on lethal autonomous weapons systems

Delivered by Mary Wareham, Human Rights Watch for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots

August 29, 2017 Letter

Urgent Need for Independent International Inquiry on Yemen

Joint NGO letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council

August 25, 2017 Commentary

The Justice Question After ISIS

Time for Judicial Triage

Author interviewing local Tabqa residents after ISIS had been pushed out of city (July 2017).
August 23, 2017 Dispatches

Private Sector Demands Action on Killer Robots

An Open Letter from Elon Musk and 115 Others

© 2016 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch
August 13, 2017 Report

Saudi Arabia: Security Forces Seal Off Eastern Town

Awamiya Residents Caught in Crossfire, Lack Essential Services

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August 9, 2017 Commentary

Why Brazil Should Ban Cluster Munitions

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Yemen: Artillery Attacks Kill Civilians in Taizz

Houthi-Saleh Shelling of Neighborhoods Harms Dozens

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July 12, 2017 Report

Syria: Airstrike on School Kills Civilians

10 Dead, Including Displaced Family

The impact crater in the Martyr Kiwan school courtyard from a Syrian-Russian airstrike on June 14, 2017. Seven of the eight casualties, including a child, were from a displaced family and had been sheltering in the school.
July 11, 2017 Commentary

Yemen is suffering at the hands of Saudi Arabia - and the UK is profiting

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July 7, 2017 Dispatches

Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Adopted

122 Countries Support the Convention, Strengthening ‘Humanitarian Disarmament’

Countries voted to adopt the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations in New York on July 7.
July 5, 2017 Dispatches

The Forgotten Chemical Attacks in Syria

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June 14, 2017 News Release

Iraq/Syria: Danger From US White Phosphorus

Take All Needed Measures to Minimize Civilian Harm

Photo of smoking and burning white phosphorus streaking to the ground in west Mosul on June 2, 2017.
June 13, 2017 Report

Syria: Key Concerns for Raqqa Battle

Detainee Rights, Indiscriminate Attacks, Treatment of Displaced People

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June 8, 2017 Report

Iraq/US-Led Coalition: Weapons Choice Endangers Mosul Civilians

Warring Parties Should Minimize Harm to Civilians

Two Emergency Response Division IRAM launchers in Badoush, May 2017.

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